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2025-26 Women's Tennis

Moira Silva

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Westside
  • Hometown Houston, Texas

Biography

2023-24 Team's Valpo Award 
2022-23 MVC Flight 2 Singles Champion 
2022-23 Team's Valpo Award 

2024-25: Posted a glowing 19-7 singles record while playing exclusively at the No. 1 position… Added 10 doubles wins to her season resume… Earned four weekly awards from the league office, garnering the MVC Singles Player of the Week twice (Feb. 12 and April 16) and the Doubles Team of the Week alongside Naomi Lalonde twice (Feb. 12 and March 11)… Ranked tied for sixth in program history for single-season singles victories with 19 and 10th in program history in single-season singles winning percentage at .731… Finished her junior season tied for seventh in program history in career singles wins with 52, 10th in program history in career doubles wins with 42 and eighth in program history in career singles winning percentage at .626… Flipped her conference record from 1-7 as a sophomore to 6-2 as a junior and was a third-place tiebreak victory over UIC away from likely being named the MVC Player of the Year… Started the season with eight straight singles wins, capturing the Flight 1 Singles title at Illinois State’s Redbird Invitational by beating Marquette, Milwaukee and UIC… Took third-place in Flight 1 Singles at the MVC Individual Championships, garnering wins over Illinois State, Belmont and Bradley… Played two close sets against Michigan at the ITA Midwest Regional, falling 6-4, 7-5… Earned nonconference dual match wins at No. 1 Singles against Milwaukee, Bowling Green, Hillsborough and St. Petersburg College… Secured league No. 1 Singles successes over Missouri State, Belmont, Drake, UNI, Illinois State and Bradley… Was 6-1 in league play entering the season finale on April 17 vs. UIC. Took the first set from UIC’s Mayu Ushio with likely MVC Player of the Year honors on the line, but lost the second set 6-1 and the third-set breaker 10-3… Started the season with four straight doubles wins… Had doubles wins over Eastern Illinois and Illinois State at the Redbird Invitational… Picked up nonconference dual match doubles wins over Milwaukee and Bowling Green before beating Belmont, Illinois State and UIC in league play, all at the No. 1 spot in the lineup.  

2023-24: Posted 15 singles wins and 15 doubles victories... Started the fall season with an 8-1 record... Part of the MVC Doubles Team of the Week on Jan. 25 alongside Olivia Czerwonka after a victory over Cleveland State... Honored as MVC Singles Player of the Week on Feb. 7 after victories over Bellarmine and St. Thomas at No. 1 Singles... Picked up a conference singles win over MVC regular-season champion Murray State’s No. 1 Singles player, winning 6-7 (4), 6-3, 11-9 on April 20... Enjoyed conference doubles wins over Bradley (March 30) and UNI (April 7) at the No. 1 position... Earned the team’s Valpo Award, which is presented annually to the individual who best exemplifies work ethic, attitude, determination, passion, being a great teammate and being teachable and coachable, for the second straight season... Achieved MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention... Received Valparaiso University Presidential Academic Honors.

2022-23: Burst onto the scene as a freshman by winning the MVC Individual Title at Flight 2 Singles in October, beating Bradley’s Mariia Pukhina 6-4, 6-0 in the title match to round out a 4-0 weekend with wins over Missouri State, UIC, Illinois State and Bradley… Finished the season with a team-high 18 singles wins (18-9) and shared the team lead in doubles wins with partner Olivia Czerwonka after finishing 17-11… Tied for ninth in program history for singles wins in a single season… Tied for seventh in program history for doubles wins in a single season… Won her opening-round match at the ITA Regional in October… Named MVC Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 15 alongside Olivia Czerwonka after playing a key role in Valpo securing the doubles point in a 4-3 road victory at Northern Illinois… Named MVC Player of the Week on March 22 after a perfect 4-0 week… Named the team’s Valpo Award winner, an honor bestowed upon the individual who best exemplifies work ethic, attitude, determination, passion being a great teammate and being teachable and coachable… Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition.

Prep: Placed third at Regionals twice... Placed in multiple USTA tournaments, both singles and doubles... Also competed in track & field, cross country, swimming and ice skating... Achieved above a 4.0 grade point average while taking multiple AP classes and participating in health pathway... Member of National Honor Society... Served as a mentor to young girls in her tennis community.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Senior